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Otholobium (Otholobium candicans)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Shrub 1-1.5 m high, often with spinescent branches and with elliptic leaves and white flowers hidden among the leaves. The cylindrical pods, about 1 cm long, are enclosed in the calyx. Found mainly in dry areas.